The United States Electoral College is the mechanism established by the United States Constitution for the indirect election of the President of the United States and Vice President of the United States. Citizens of the United States vote in each state at a general election to choose a slate of “electors” pledged to vote for a party’s candidate. The Twelfth Amendment requires each elector to cast one vote for president and another vote for vice president. During the 2019 Democratic Presidential Primary 15 candidates, including Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Elisabeth Warren, called for the abolition of the electoral college.
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@B44Z98T3mos3MO
There should be a separate voting system that allocates for all the different counties in each state to tally up the votes instead of using either the popular or electoral college vote.
@9ZHLNHX7mos7MO
I don't think we should abolish the Electoral College. This could cause dissension among populations who have already gotten used to it. It's also much easier to understand. Perhaps updating populations could also help.
@9TWKMXJ9mos9MO
Make it so that the amount of votes given to a candidate by each state is proportional to the percentage of people in the state who voted for that candidate: if 10% of a state voted for a candidate and the state has 10 Electoral votes, that candidate should receive 1 vote from the state.
@9S76KH610mos10MO
I don’t think the electoral college should be abolished, but if a candidate fails to reach 270 electoral votes, then the winner should be determined who finished with the highest popular vote, not the House in each state having one vote to determine the winner.
@93CK2ST3yrs3Y
make sure that no side has more power
@8YC78CH3yrs3Y
No, but it should perhaps be updated in some ways
@8XTGGHL3yrs3Y
No. If the electoral college were abolished, that would basically be abolishing the constitution.
@8XJVV5X4yrs4Y
Yes, we should switch to the most fair practice and decide what that is as a society together.
@8VYTPXJ4yrs4Y
depends on the circumstance
@8VRW4FY4yrs4Y
It shouldn't be abolished but it should be held as a secondary element when considering presidency, the primary piece of winning presidency should come from the vote of the people.
@8TTW2Y34yrs4Y
Yes, along with the rest of the state
@8TJCMJR4yrs4Y
Yes, but need a new system
@8T6PXP54yrs4Y
No, we shouldn't have a two party system.
@8RGB5PC4yrs4Y
I am actually not aware of what this means, therefore i don't think it would be appropriate to give an uneducated answer.
@8Q5PJHV4yrs4Y
No, the electoral college eliminates the possibility for a third party to win the presidency with a low percentage majority
@8P8GTSJ5yrs5Y
keep the electoral college but make it easier for 3rd parties
@8NPB7W75yrs5Y
No, but the popular vote and disrict system seems very biased because the politicians can draw district lines, so does it even matter if we have districts if they can be changed whenever a politician sees an advantage that would come from changing the area.
@8HNSM7N5yrs5Y
Yes, but the peoples vote should have more power and control.
@8H4BFCT5yrs5Y
Yes, because they just vote for the most popular candidate in their state anyway so what's the point of having them.
@8D9XF6C5yrs5Y
We should incorporate the electoral college, popular vote, as well as another ranking system.
@8D88R3K5yrs5Y
@8CRPHZW5yrs5Y
It needs reform, end winner take all and ensure distribution is based on a set value(i.e 1 electoral vote per 200,000 people.)
@98Q7CBK2yrs2Y
not even sure ewhat this is
@97MT4GD3yrs3Y
Parliamentary system in conjunction with the House
@8VR8Y7X4yrs4Y
The electoral college shouldn't be abolished but it should be secondary to the vote of the people
I do not want a Democratic System in place
@8M7LV2S5yrs5Y
No, but reform it so that the votes are distributed proportionally instead and have the electoral point value of each state updated by population every census
@8FZ2C6K5yrs5Y
First we need to end gerrymandering and voter suppression. If that doesn't work then we need to fix the electoral college.
@8ZYV2TX3yrs3Y
I am 3 years old. what on earth bro
@8X8FW3X4yrs4Y
Don't abolish the electoral college, but reform the primary system to be ranked-choice voting.
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